| Sunny Yuen Shun-yi | |||||||||||
| Occupation: | Martial arts actor | ||||||||||
| Parents: | Yuen Siu-tien (father) | ||||||||||
| Relatives: | Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Cheung-yan (brothers) | ||||||||||
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Sunny Yuen Shun-yi, also credited as Shun-yee Yuen, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, and action coordinator.
Yuen was the fourth of ten children of the martial artist Yuen Siu-tien. He began training in kung fu with his father from a young age. His elder brothers, Yuen Woo-ping and Yuen Cheung-yan, were also kung fu actors and directors.[1]
Together with his brothers, Shun-yi appeared in many films made by the Yuen clan, which was one of the foremost makers of Hong Kong martial arts films. In the 1970s, he followed his brother Yuen Woo-ping to make films in Taiwan. Although he played a few leading roles in his early career, he was better known for his supporting roles as villains. He made many appearances in the Once Upon a Time in China film series.[2]
Yuen worked as an action and stunt director in many martial arts films, and was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography seven times. He won the prize at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1992 for the film Once Upon a Time in China, together with his brother Yuen Cheung-yan and Lau Kar-wing.[4] In 2018, he was nominated for the Best Action Choreography Award at the 55th Golden Horse Awards for the film .[5]